Current Scholars

So who exactly is a Reginaldo Howard scholar?  Every scholar comes from a diverse background, possessing a wide variety of academic interests and participating in a variety of extracurricular activities.  Despite the unique aspirations of each individual, they have all distinguished themselves as leaders at Duke and their home communities.

Simply click on the profiles below to read the stories of each scholar.  Feel free to contact them in order to get a better sense of their experiences at Duke as well as an understanding of how the Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholarship has touched each of their lives. 

  • Brandon Hudson

    Brandon Hudson is the graduate assistant for the RH program.

  • Jeff Gamble, P'11

    Jeff Gamble is a senior majoring in Biomedical Engineering.

  • Shame Chikoro, P'11

    Shame Chikoro is a senior majoring in Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science.

  • Beth Morton, T'11

    Beth Morton is a senior majoring in Chemistry with a Biology minor.

  • Gechi Nzewi, T'11

    Gechi Nzewi is a senior majoring in Public Policy.

  • Lucas Lallinger, T'11

    Lucas Lallinger is a senior double majoring in Cultural Anthropology and African and African American Studies.

  • Bright Mazibuko, P'11

    Bright Mazibuko is a senior majoring in Mechanical Engineering.

  • Jawara Allen, T'12

    Jawara Allen is a senior majoring in Biology and working towards a Certificate in Genome Sciences and Policy.

  • Maab Ibrahim, T'12

    Maab Ibrahim is a junior majoring in Public Policy and hoping to receive a Global Health Certificate.

  • Braxton Shelley, T'12

    Braxton Shelley is a senior majoring in Public Policy and a minor in Music Theory and Composition.

  • Youmna Sherif, T'12

    Youmna Sherif is a junior hoping to design her own major related to biopsychosocial development in the brain.

  • Nelly Kontchou T'13

    Nelly Kontchou is a junior from Houston, TX, who graduated from St. John's High School.

  • Lauren Vickers T'13

    Lauren Vickers is a junior from Minneapolis, Minnesota and a graduate of Hopkins High School.

  • Simone Watson T'13

    Simone Watson is a junior from Pensacola, FL.

  • Marcayla Hester, P'14

    Marcayla Hester is a sophomore from Jefferson, GA.

  • Niara Wright, P'14

    Niara Wright is a sophomore who graduated from North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee, Georgia.

  • Derek Lindsey, T'14

    Derek Lindsey is a sophomore from Alexandria, Virginia.

  • Nyuol Tong, T'14

    Nyuol Lueth Tong is a sophomore from South Sudan.

  • Abraham Nghwani, P'14

    Abraham Ng’hwani is a sophomore, originally from Tanzania (East Africa).

  • Jordan DeLoatch, T'15

    Jordan DeLoatch is a freshman who has lived in North Carolina for the last 9 years.

  • Zanele Munyikwa, T'15

    Zanele Munyikwa is a freshman from Lewes, Delaware, who recently graduated from Cape Henlopen High School.

  • Sarah Scriven, T'15

    Sarah Scriven is a freshman from Tampa, Florida. Sarah obtained an International Baccalaureate Diploma from Hillsborough High School.

  • Destiny Hemphill T'15

    Destiny Hemphill is currently a freshman in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences.